Community Journalism (MCM531)

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Introduction to Community Journalism, Role of Journalism in society, Media ---the mirror of the society, Responsibilities of media, Public listening in community journalism, Identifying community problems, Relationship between community, journalist and media, Public Judgment, Creating a public forum, Theories covering Community Journalism, Development journalism and community journalism, Scope of Community journalism, Community journalism and broadcast media, Community journalism and, Ethics in community journalism, Status of women in a local community, What are the issues of women? Coverage of women: professional skills, writing news for women, Writing features for women, Coverage of women issues in main stream Media in comparison with community based media, Status of children in a local community, What are the issues of children? Coverage of children: professional skills, writing news for children, Writing features for children, Coverage of Children, Status of minorities in a local community, What are the issues of minorities? Coverage of minorities: professional skills, Writing news for minorities, Writing features for minorities, Coverage of minorities issues in main stream Media in comparison with community, Human rights, A comparative study of Islamic and western concepts of human, rights, Human rights issues in Pakistan, NGOs and mass awareness, campaigns in Pakistan, The role of mass media in reporting human rights’ events, Community journalism in Pakistan.